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Parasesarma pictum is a mudflat crab, belonging to the Sesarmidae family (subfamily Sesarminae), which is endemic to East Asia. This crab typically inhabits mangrove swamps, preferring the upper intertidal region of estuaries, and living in small crevices and abandoned holes made by other species. It eats leaf litter and other vegetation. The breeding season of P. pictum is between May and September.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Parasesarma pictum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Parasesarma bidens
- Armases ricordi
- Selatium brockii
- Metasesarma obesum
- Danarma obtusifrons
- Geograpsus lividus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Sesarmidae
- Genus
- Parasesarma
- Species
- Parasesarma pictum
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